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Originally Posted by THE SCUD
I'll start things off:
I am planning to go to Vegas Aug 10-15th for a shopping trip, in advance of a trip to Europe in the fall, so that my wife can shop for the trip. Essentially a pre-trip shoppping...trip?
(yo dog, I heard you like to trip, so I put a trip on your trip so we can trip while you trip.) 
My questions for the Vegas-veterans: - Where does everyone find the best "flight and hotel on the strip" deals?
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- Is it worth renting a car to do shopping at the outlets and malls, or are cabs cheaper?
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- What are some hidden gems near the strip people like (shows, events, things to see, etc) for realative Vegas newbs? Wife has been once as a child and I went as a 19 year old who's only memory is loathing how I could gamble in Calgary but not in Vegas.
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1. Can't help you here as we have a house down in vegas and I either stay there or at a comp'd room. If you are looking at places to stay that don't break the bank there are a few. When I used to look for places I just looked for location and how nice there pool was. The Flamingo is a good mid. price with clean (but dated) rooms with a very nice pool central to the whole strip. The Tropicana might be a good deal too as they just finished some upgrades to it but I have no idea exactly what its like. It is on the south end of the strip. There are other places but thats an example, and of course there is always higher end places like the Wynn, Bellagio etc.
2. Take the bus if you want to go to either of the main outlet malls. The north end one (Las Vegas Premium Outlets) is the best imo. The bus you want to take is the downtown express NOT THE DUECE. The Duece you will have to transfer but the express will take u from one outlet mall to the other (stopping along the way at other stops). I beleive its only like 7 bucks to ride for 24hrs. Plus it stops along the strip at pretty central locations to most hotels.
3. There are tons of shows that you could see that are all great. Terry Fator, Garth, almost any Cirque show. Even some of the topless shows such as Peepshow are actually good if u don't mind seeing a bit of skin. Keep an eye out for concerts when u go, sometime some of the Station Casinos off the strip (Red Rock, Palace, Green Valley, etc.) have some concerts come into town that u may want to see. As for free stuff, the usual Bellagio Fountains, M&M store, TI show, MGM Lions are just some of the stuff. If you like to hike and have a car rental, maybe a head on over to Red Rock State Park. There are some nice trails in through there or u can even just drive the loop and stop at some of the stops.
Hope that gives u some help.